Proposal Preparation

We have found that the following links provide a good representation of basic guidelines and tips for writing proposals:

• Proposal Writing Short Course - The Foundation Center
  http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/
  
  
• Writing a Successful Grant Proposal - Minnesota Council on Foundations http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm
  
  
• Proposal Writing: Internet Resources - Grants Information Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
  http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/content.php?pid=16143&sid=108666
  
  
• Grant Writing Tools for Non-Profit Organizations - Non-Profit Guides
  http://www.npguides.org/guide/index.html
  
  
• Grant Writing 101: Resources for Grant Writers
  http://www.guidestar.org/news/features/grantwriting101.jsp
  
  
• Developing and Writing Federal Grant Proposals
  http://cfda.gov/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show

The following sites provide more specialized information relating to preparing an application for the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health:

• A Guide for Proposal Writing - The National Science Foundation
  http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04016
  (This Guide was specifically prepared for programs in the Division of Undergraduate Education.)
  
  
• Grant Writing Tips Sheets - Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm
  (This site focuses on research proposal preparation.)
  

Last Updated 1/7/2009